#B5986A#B5986A

#B5986A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.071 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5986A
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 106)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 41.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 4.38, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 28.56, 81.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0139 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.071 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8868, 33.3223, 18.3325)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5986A #6A87B5

analogous

#B5736A #B5986A #ADB56A

triadic

#B5986A #6AB598 #986AB5

tetradic

#B5986A #6AB573 #6A87B5 #B56AAD

square

#B5986A #6AB573 #6A87B5 #B56AAD

split-complementary

#B5986A #6AADB5 #736AB5

monochromatic

#6E5937 #977A4B #B5986A #C9B493 #DED1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B5986A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B5986A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5986A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5986A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5986A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5986a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.071 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb695',
    500: '#b5986a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5986a;
$custom-light: #ccb695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5986a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 33.632,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69495,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5986A

secondary

#AEBACD

accent

#88CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5986A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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